10 Reasons You Should Be Listening To The Rails Envy Podcast

As sports fans go, we’ve been very lucky over the past few years in Boston. The
Red Sox, Patriots, & Celtics have all won championships.

To me, the best part about having competitive teams from your city is the extra
entertainment it gives you for weeks or even months. Each round your team
advances is exciting and it gives you something to talk about with your friends.
The city takes on a certain buzz on game days, and you see lots of people
wearing the team’s colors.

Another thing I enjoy about the playoffs is mayoral bets. For example, during
the Super Bowl two years ago, New York and Boston were competing. The mayors
from each city made a gentleman’s bet:

If the Patriots win, that means Bloomberg will send a delivery to Boston that
includes Manhattan clam chowder, pastrami sandwiches, New York pizzas, black
and white cookies, New York steaks and a few gallons of lemon ice. And if the
Giants claim victory, Menino will send a package with New England Clam
Chowder, Dunkin’ Donuts coffee, Boston cream pies, chicken sausages and
Brigham’s ice cream.

The terms were simple: if the team from your city wins, highlight the other
company’s work in your favorite medium. For us, that’s the Giant Robots
blog, and for Rails Envy, it’s the Rails Envy
podcast.

Unfortunately, Boston’s title defense ended last night as Orlando won the
series, taking our dream of having an entire rails envy podcast dedicated solely
to thoughtbot down with it. So, without further ado, I present to you the Top
10 reasons you should be listening to the Rails Envy podcast.

No fluff, just stuff. They don’t report on the drama in the Rails community.
Look through their show notes. It’s all practical information that you can use
as a Rails developer. If there’s a technical reason to care, they deliver a
level-headed analysis (example: Ruby v. Scala in Episode #75).

Gregg and Jason are both guys that seem to really enjoy what they’re doing. They
clearly care about the community in both professional and social aspects, and
are consistently giving talks, presenting at conferences, etc.